Table 1 shows one common unknown or other related problems of the 2005 Chrysler Town & Country.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other problems |
My husband, myself and our 4 year old daughter were driving our 2005 chrsyler Town & Country touring Mini van, all of a sudden was a loud bang sound. My husband was able to pull the car over and while doing so I looked in the back seat to check on my 4 year old daughter who had her face covered with both arms. We found the sliding door window on the passenger side had exploded and shattered. This has traumatized my 4 year old daughter and thank god she wasn't hurt. Our first thoughts were someone was shooting in our vehicle. The cops came to the seen and couldn't find any bullet marks, they stated it must have been a defect. I have contacted Chrysler customer service and there are supposedly no recalls with out VIN#. This could have been a very serious situation and I feel as if Chrysler should be held responsible for this. I am having to pay $100. 00 deductible for this repair.
Bought my 2005 t&c Chrysler minivan in spring of 2009 with a little over 69,000 miles on it. Few months after purchase the red airbag warning light would occassionally come on while at idle or driving rates. No other problems occured and it wasn't happening frequently. By the end of the first year of ownership, the driver side back door lock quit working with the automatic locks, and within a year an a half the driver's side window would occassionally not roll up or down and the front dome lights quit working. Replaced an air conditioner part also. Spent $500 on the front end as well that year. When window failure was more frequent I started researching on the internet about problems that have been common in this make and model of van. On oct 4th 2011, the van failed to start, making a ticking sound, figured battery or altenator. We cleaned battery cables, tried what we could to get it started. The radio and dashlights came on,all the gauges would jump erractically; when we rolled up the passsenger windows radio remained on, however when we rolled up the drivers window the radio and all gauges quit working. We ended up jumping it and were able to drive it home. Had the battery tested and tried a brand new battery to make sure that was the only problem. When we put the battery in and started it, flames shot up from the middle section of the van, just infront of the engine. The panic alarm, the horn, and the windshield wipers where all going off. As soon as we got the battery disconnected the fire went out and alarms and wipers went off. I talked to the nearest Chrysler dealership and from explanation of the various problems they said it sounded like several little problems as opposed to one big electrical problem. I have 3 small children and after the experiences I have had with the van and reading others issues online, I cant wait to get rid of this piece.
Driving my car home I pulled over in a turn out to move something in the rear compartment that was making noise. That took approx. 30-45 seconds until I was back in the drivers seat. I smelled what I thought to be a forest fire. It smelled like wood or trash burning, not a vehicle smell of oil, gas, rubber burning etc. I then saw smoke coming up through the carpet and floor mat of my front passenger floorboard. This didn't make sense to me, so I quickly looked at the instrument panel which had no indication of engine trouble or overheating. So I immediately reversed the car to see if there was vegetation under where I had parked and there was not. So I pulled back into the lane still not realizing that my car was on fire. As soon as I pulled out and accelerated it was obvious that my car was on fire. Thank god there was an immediate exit to pull off of the highway. I went to the bottom of the off ramp, put the car in park, popped the automatic opener for the rear door and turned the engine off. Luckily I had a fire extinguisher. So I read the directions very quickly and pulled the pin. Then I pulled the latch for the hood compartment and went to open the hood. As I lifted the hood I saw flames shooting up from behind the engine along the passenger compartment fire wall of the vehicle. I used my fire extinguisher to put out the flames but it ran out and the car was still smoking and smoldering. I then dialed 911 from my cell phone and luckily a chp was only a minute away and cdf was only several minutes behind him. Cdf continued to hose the engine compartment from both above and underneath. I had the car towed to my local mechanic and he can't determine a reason that the car caught on fire. The only damage was the insulation to the passenger compartment fire wall and two spark plug wires were partly burned. Farmers ins. Co. Nor the mechanic can determine any cause.
About may or June of this year, the headlights of our 2005 Town & Country van started failing to come on when the interior switch was turn "on". At first, simple toggeling would get them to work though the frequency of having to do this as well as the lights failing to stay on have increased significantly in the recent months. This is my wife's primary work vehicle and she ofter returns from work when it's dark. She had a number of instances where the headligts have just "gone out" while she was driing. I was looking on the iternet recently to see if there were any posts as to what is causing this to happen and not many have posted an definative answer to the headlight failure. My other major issue with this 2005 Town & Country is the ac system. We have had this fixed over 11 times since we purchased the vehicle new in October of 2005 with the first repair coming less than a month after we purchased the van.
Under body spare tire cable system. The van had a flat tire, I let the tire down and replaced it. Went to return cable and tire holder back up and it would not crank up all the way, there by leaving the spare tire holder still hanging down almost touching the ground. I tied it up to keep from hanging down and took the van in to have the tire fixed, tire shop tired to put spare tire , it would not go up all the way that time either. I then called the dealership and they stated it was stripped and that it was a poor design by Chrysler and they had replaced others too. Stated that it was not covered under warranty and we had to pay @$144. 61 to have it replaced. The item is called a spare tire lock winch assembly.
When we purchased the vehicle we noticed a leak in the front passenger floorboad. We initially thought it was rain water but after a continued constant leak we realized it was the sir conditioner. Other years of the same model have had this issue and a recall has been issued.
Contact purchased a 2005 Chrysler town and country manufactured by daimler/Chrysler corporation. On July 5, vehicle had a flat tire, and had to use the spare tire. When the service dealer replaced the tire and put the spare back into place it came off while the consumer was driving on July 26, 2005. The spare tire was located underneath the passenger side and driver side seat. The service manager of the dealership was made aware of this concern. Consumer has not contacted the manufacturer.